Happy Sunday! Some links from around the baseball world…

• Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports has some fascinating speculation that Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay could be included in the same trade, with the Phillies landing Halladay. Basically, Halladay is considered more willing to sign a long-term deal now, so the Phillies could bring him in, and trading Lee means they don’t have to give up nearly as much in terms of prospects.
• Todd Zolecki of MLB.com agrees that a possible deal like this makes some sense, and has a great Cliff Lee quote as to why.
• The Phillies non-tendered Clay Condrey, meaning the right-handed relief pitcher is now a free agent. They did not want to go to arbitration with Condrey, and are still in the market for some help in the bullpen.
• Hall of Fame ballots are in. Bill Madden in the Daily News takes a look at six logical candidates.
• Not satisfied with their latest contract offer, Jason Bay’s agent tells the Boston Globe that his client is “ready to move on” from the Red Sox. The Mets are one team that has made a bid (4 years, $63 million).
• If Bay leaves, expect Boston to jump in on Matt Holliday. St. Louis made an offer to keep the slugger, who cost them game two of the Division Series against the Dodgers by dropping a would-have-ended-the-game line drive in left. Holliday’s agent, Scott Boras, is seeking 8 years, $180 million. Good luck with that.
• Speaking of Boras, Paul Hagen has a great column on the stars of the Winter Meetings, the agents.
• The Yankees non-tendered Chien-Ming Wang, making him a free agent. He has two 19-win seasons on his resume, meaning he probably would have gotten a few million in arbitration despite two injury-shortened seasons (he was 1-6 with a 9.64 ERA in 2009 before another shoulder surgery). Make sense for the Phillies? At the right price, you bet, a veteran starter moving to the National League, who is the sinker-baller you probably want in Citizens Bank Park. Even though he won’t be ready to pitch at all until April, he’s worth a few million bucks, to me anyway.

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